Novedades en Ciencia y Técnica

NOVEDADES UNLP

• Convocatoria: Viajes, Estadías e Inscripción a Congresos (2020 - 2021)

Se abre la convocatoria a Subsidios de Ayuda para Viajes, Estadías e Inscripción a Congresos desde el día 10 de febrero hasta las 12 hs. del día 9 de marzo de 2020.

Importante: No se podrán presentar aquellos postulantes que hayan sido beneficiados con el subsidio en la convocatoria anterior (los que han renunciado se consideran como subsidios otorgados).

De la presentación

La presentación de las solicitudes se realizará a través del sistema web (WEBVIAJES).
El sistema estará habilitado desde el día 10 de febrero hasta las 12 horas del día lunes 9 de marzo de 2020.
Los interesados ingresarán al sistema para cumplimentar la planilla y adjuntar la documentación pertinente.
Deberán imprimir sólo la planilla, la que entregarán en la Unidad Académica donde posee el cargo docente . Aquellos docentes que poseen cargos en más de una Unidad Académica deberán realizar la presentación en aquella en la cual realizan la actividad de I+D.

Las planillas impresas se deben presentar en la Unidad Académica hasta el día 9 de marzo de 2020.

Descargar pautas del llamado: http://secyt.presi.unlp.edu.ar/Wordpress/?p=6740

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NOVEDADES IAU

• IAU Symposium 361 announcement: "Massive stars near and far."

This is being held in Ireland from 18 to 22 May, 2020. The conference details may be found at: https://www.massivestars2020.ie/ . In addition to the symposium itself, there will be a short Massive Stars Summer School (https://www.summerschool2020.space ) the week before (May 13-15). Abstracts for the symposium should be submitted by Dec. 15, and a lower registration fee applies if it is received before February 14.

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• IAUS362: The predictive power of computational astrophysics as a discovery tool (June 8-12, 2020)

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce IAU Symposium 362, "The predictive power of computational astrophysics as a discovery tool", which will be held in Chamonix, France, June 8-12 2020. Now, the registration is open!

Website: http://iaus362.astro.unistra.fr/IAUS362.html

Important Dates:
- Travel grant application deadline: December 31, 2019
- Early registration deadline: January 31, 2020
- Abstract submission for talks and registration deadline: April 15, 2020
- Abstract submission for posters deadline: May 1, 2020

Scientific Rationale:
A new paradigm for scientific discovery through computational tools is rapidly pervading every aspect of research in astronomy. This Symposium aims to galvanize on-going developments in computational astrophysics by bringing together astronomers in different fields to share their knowledge and approaches to computational astrophysics.

Computational astrophysics combines modern computational methods, novel hardware designs, advanced algorithms, original software implementations and associated technologies to discover new phenomena, and to make predictions in astronomy. It is therefore important to trace out the contour of the meeting.

The Symposium will focus on computational methods applied to speed up and broaden the scope of scientific studies, such as finding trends from observational data, high performance computing, automated search algorithms, and model predictability. The meeting will bring together experts to discuss a palette of challenging informational and technical developments, including hardware and software but always focused on astronomical applications. Special attention will be given to numerical integration schemes and emergent behavior (e.g., Artificial Intelligence methods). These topics are rather novel for astronomy and will likely play a major role for handling large data sets and complex analysis pipelines.

Key topics:
- Strong gravity: accretion disks, jets, BH- & NS binaries, gravitational waves
- Large-scale structure, galaxy formation and evolution
- Star formation and the interstellar medium
- Stellar evolution, including supernovae and common-envelope binaries
- Solar and exo-planet systems
- New computational tools and data mining

SOC chairs: Dmitry Bisikalo, Christian Boily, Tomoyuki Hanawa, James Stone

SOCs: Edouard Audit, Barbara Ercolano, Michiko Fujii, Erik Katsavounidis, Irina Kitiashvili, Michela Mapelli, Garrelt Mellema, Shazrene Mohamed, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Dongsu Ryu, Alison Sills, Dmitri Wiebe, Feng Yuan, Simon Portegies Zwart

Contact: S362.iau@gmail.com

With best regards,
Dmitry Bisikalo
(on behalf of the SOC)

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OTRAS NOVEDADES

• XXI Congreso Geológico Argentino

Lugar: Puerto Madryn, Chubut.

Fecha: 21 al 25 de septiembre de 2020.

Tenemos el placer de compartir con ustedes la Segunda Circular del XXI Congreso Geológico Argentino. El epicentro de conocimiento geológico será sobre la costa atlántica, en el corazón de la Patagonia Argentina, ofreciendo oportunidades inigualables para disfrutar de la geología en un marco turístico de referencia internacional. Bajo el lema "Geología y desarrollo, desafíos del siglo XXI", est congreso abordará temáticas vinculadas a la comprensión integral del medioambiente natural para optimizar su uso en un marco de
armonía socio-cultural. Las temáticas geológicas incluirán cuatro días de exposiciones técnicas y conferencias magistrales, así como
cursos y salidas de campo pre-, y post-congreso. Todas estas actividades podrán combinarse con diversas ofertas gastronómicas
y turísticas, entre las que se destaca el avistaje de ballenas francas.

Segunda Circular

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• GrACo IV First Announcement

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

IV Reunión Argentino-Brasileña de Gravitación, Astrofísica y Cosmología

Lugar y fecha: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22 - 24 April, 2020

We are pleased to announce the IV Argentine-Brazilian Meeting on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (GrACo IV), to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from April 22 to 24, 2020.

RATIONALE

Research on Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology in Argentina and Brazil has reached a substantial degree of development. The main goal of the GrACo series of meetings is to stimulate and reinforce the collaboration between these two well-established scientific communities with the intention to undertake long-term joint research programs and to continue fostering the current collaborations.

The first meeting was held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, in October 2011; the second meeting was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in April 2014; the third meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2016. The balance of participation between Brazilians and Argentinians are a proof of the importance and the support from both scientific communities to this series of meeting, encompassing a wide range of topics, that offered a complete panorama of the research lines of both communities. The organization of the fourth meeting of the GrACo series aims at strengthening the links between both communities, to continue fostering the effort for long-term collaborations, by fully involving a larger number of researchers and students in the discussions. It would be enough free time to encourage interaction and discussion between the participants which are very welcome to present their current researchs.

The meeting will include invited talk by well-known specialists on topics of particular relevance and contributed talks, together with contributed posters. The list of invited speakers is available at the website of the conference: www.iafe.uba.ar/graco4

IMPORTANT DATES

Registration will open from December 2nd, 2019 to February 29th, 2020. The deadline for abstract submission will be March 15th, 2020.

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee is USD 50. For graduate students, the fee is USD 25. It should be paid before March 15th, 2020. The payment instructions are explained in the website.

A limited amount of funding will be available for supporting the participation of students and doctoral fellows. To apply for these funds, please send an e-mail to graco4@iafe.uba.ar., before February 15th, 2020, briefly explaining (up to 200 words) your interest on the meeting and the reasons for your request, please also attached your CV.

More information on the meeting is available at the conference website: www.iafe.uba.ar./graco4 . Do not hesitate to contact us for any question through the e-mail address: graco4@iafe.uba.ar.

We look forward to meeting you in Buenos Aires,

The Local Organizing Committee

LOC (Argentina)
Javier Badía - Cecilia Bejarano - Gabriel Bengochea - Rafael Ferraro (chair) - Susana Landau - María José Guzmán

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• Vatican Observatory workshop: Astrophysics in the Light of History

The Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo (near Rome) announces a week-long workshop on the history of stellar astrophysics: Astrophysics in the Light of History.

The dates will be 28 September to 3 October 2020.

The workshop is for graduate students currently enrolled in PhD or masters' programmes doing research in observational or theoretical astrophysics, or in some cases, researching topics in the history of astronomy. There will be a limit of approximately 24 participants.

The workshop will comprise lectures on the history of astrophysics from the five faculty astronomers, student research projects in the Vatican Observatory library followed by short student talks, and visits to cultural and historical sites at the Vatican Observatory and in the region of Castel Gandolfo. The language of the workshop will be English.

Students should apply on-line at http://www.vaticanobservatory.va/content/specolavaticana/en/workshop/astrophysics-in-the-light-of-history-workshop.html by the deadline of 10 February 2020. The registration fee will be 260 euros. Accommodation will be available within walking distance of the observatory and with breakfast included at an approximate cost for the week of 200 euros (share twin room) or 400 euros (single occupancy).

Students from all countries are welcome to apply. Travel costs to and from Rome will be borne by the student. Students will be expected to arrive on Sunday 27 September and depart on Sunday 4 October, and must be available to participate for the whole week of the workshop.

For more information, please contact Paul Mueller S.J. at pmueller@specola.va

Póster ALH

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• 43rd International School for Young Astronomers in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. Registration open.

The 43rd International School for Young Astronomers, ISYA2020Mex, will take place in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, from the 8th to the 26th of June, 2020. The International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) is a long-tradition project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), nowadays also co-sponsored by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL) through the Office for Young Astronomers (OYA). The 43rd school is co-organized by the OYA, the Mesoamerican Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP), and the Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico.

ISYAs are three-week international graduate schools for regions where students have less opportunity to be directly exposed to the full extent of up-to-date astrophysics. They have the purpose of broadening the young students' perspective from international lecturers with up-to-date astrophysics, both on theory and observations. This three-week school will be also beneficial for the academic exchanges within countries, in particular in America.

Students and young professionals within a broad range of education and experience, from senior undergraduate to doctoral level, are welcome to the ISYA 2020 in Mexico. Preference will be given to students in their early career, MSc/PhDs. Priority will be given to applicants from the American Continent.

Acceptance to the school includes a studentship that covers transportation to San Cristóbal de las Casas and back to the students´ home location, and full boarding at the ISYA. All selected students are expected to commit 100% of their time to the three-week long program and participate in all scheduled activities.

Applications are now received at http://isya.unach.mx

Scientific Program:

Stellar Evolution and Structure, Kim Venn (University of Victoria, Canada)

Star and Planetary formation, Susana Lizano (IRyA - Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)

Compact Objects, Jorge Rueda (International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Italy)

Galaxies and AGN, Itziar Aretxaga (Inst. Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, México)

Cosmology, David Mota (Univ. Oslo, Norway)

Computational Astrophysics, Mordecai Mark Mac Low (American Museum of Natural History, USA)

Radio Astronomy, Luis Felipe Rodríguez (Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics /IRyA-Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)

Optical Astronomy, Mauricio Reyes (IA-Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)

X-ray Astronomy, Anna Lia Longinotti (Inst. Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica / Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México)

Gamma-rays and Cosmic-Rays Astrophysics, Pablo M. Saz Parkinson (University of Hong Kong, China)

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy, Nergis Mavalvala (Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA)

Virtual Observatories, Roberto Cid Fernandes (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Organizing Committees:

Directors

César Álvarez (Univ. Autónoma de Chiapas, Mexico, 43rd ISYA Local Director)
Itziar Aretxaga (INAOE, Mexico, ISYA Program Director)
David Mota (U. Oslo, Norway, ISYA Program Deputy Director)

Scientific Advisory Committee / Local Organizing Committee

Luis Felipe Rodríguez Jorge
Jacobo Mérida Cañaveral
Roberto Arceo Reyes
Filiberto Hueyotl Zahuantitla

Student Applications at http://isya.unach.mx

Open application: November 15th, 2019

Deadline for application: February 1st, 2020

Notification of acceptance: March, 2020

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